16 events found for 1886
Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day, culminating in the Haymarket affair in
Haymarket affair: In Chicago, United States, a homemade bomb is thrown at police officers trying to break up a labor ral
Workers marching for the Eight-hour day in Milwaukee, Wisconsin were shot at by Wisconsin National Guardsmen in what bec
Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine
The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal
Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and burying the famous Pink and White Terraces
A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia
Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time
The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec
Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile.
The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
The Canadian Pacific Railway's first scheduled train from Montreal arrives in Port Moody on the Pacific coast, after…
The 7.0 Mw Charleston earthquake strikes southeastern South Carolina with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme),…
American Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors,…
Normanton incident: As the British merchant vessel Normanton sinks off the coast of Japan, her European officers…
US president Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.